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Steve Freides[_2_] Steve Freides[_2_] is offline
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Default Uh oh!! Grinder takes more coffee to make a decent cup!

John Kuthe wrote:
> Just made my third pot of coffee since buying a grinder. Finest grind
> yielded too much bitterness, so I dialed it back to 2/3 finest and
> went from 3/4 cup of beans to 1 full cup, and it's great! But that's
> almost 33% more coffee per pot!!
>
> Good thing I'm a working man again! :-)
>
> Might try my coffee slicer again and see if the grinder is worth it to
> me.
>
> John Kuthe...


You might try _less_ coffee with the finest grind and see what you think
of that. It's possible that the bitterness is just too much bean
surface and you need less. Also consider not 2/3 the finest but more
like 80-90% of the way toward the finest grind and, again, try less
coffee.

-S-